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"Communities throughout
the nation recognize that trained, sworn law
enforcement officers assigned to schools make a
difference".
(U. S. Department of Justice)
Kentucky
statutes define a SRO as a sworn law
enforcement officer who has specialized training to
work with youth at a school site. These SROs
serve in a variety of roles, including law
enforcement officer, law-related educator,
problem-solver, and community liaison.
There are approximately 230 SRO's in over half of
Kentucky's counties. For more information
contact
Lee Ann
Morrison at the Kentucky Center for School
Safety.
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School Resource
Officers and others attend a session on
sexting at the Safe School Conference. |
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Article:
School Resource Officers: A Vital Part of
School Safety |
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Attention all SROs:
The Kentucky Association of School Resource Officers
(KYASRO) has recently implemented a
Scholarship Program. KYASRO will
be awarding two $500 scholarships out to two high
school seniors who are nominated by the SRO in their
community. Attached you will find the
scholarship guidelines and applications. The
deadline is April 15, 2010. If you have any
questions, please contact Lee Ann Morrison toll free
at 1-877-805-4277 or via email at
leeann.morrison@ksba.org.
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Berea Police Veteran Named State Resource Officer of
the Year
Richmond
Register - May 5, 2009 -
Madison Southern High School resource officer James
Harris had a good reason to be surprised that he was
named Kentucky School Resource Officer of the Year:
He didnt know he had been nominated.
KYASRO Award Winners:
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State SRO of
the Year Glenn Woodard, Warren County SO
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Region 1 Robert Bubacz,
Logan County SO
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Region 2 Howard
Garrison, Glasgow Ind. Police Dept.
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Region 3 Sean Pate, Jefferson
County SO
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Region 4 Nick Klaiss, Covington
PD
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Region 6 Brad Early, Eastern
Kentucky University
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Rookie of the Year Whitney
Maupin, Richmond PD
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Administrator of the Year
Charles Cash,
Madison Southern High
School
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Award of Recognition
Bowling
Green Printer
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 *NEW*
The
May 2010
Newsletter is now available
on-line.
Archives issues:
March 2010 Newsletter,
November 09 Newsletter, September 09 Newsletter, May
09
Newsletter,
Spring 09
Newsletter,
December 08 Newsletter,
Fall 2008 Newsletter,
January 08 Newsletter,
May 08
Newsletter
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THE
IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS (a brief
highlighting the positive impact of SROs authored by
The Institute for Preventive Strategies)
School Resource Officers (SROs) play a very
important role in the safety of our schools.
Collaboration between schools and law enforcement is
a major step to increasing school security and
preventing acts of terrorism or violence within
schools. The
Institute for Preventive Strategies is a national
service of the Center for Rural Development, a
not-for-profit organization headquartered in
Somerset Kentucky. |
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The current
SRO
Annual Report
was published in
April, 2009. In the spring of 2009,
researchers from the
Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS) conducted the third
phase of a panel study examining the attributes of
School Resource Officers throughout the state of
Kentucky. Valuable information can be gleaned from
within this 30 page report on current trends,
practices and funding levels. |
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The
KYASRO Regional Map
is divided into six regions. These regions are
used for training and networking purposes. |
The Kentucky
Association of School Resource Officers is a
professional
 organization with
the goal of furthering the education, awareness and
professionalism of SROs in the State of Kentucky in
order to make schools a safe and secure learning
environment for children. |
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Kentucky Revised Statute 158.441 requires
that the local law enforcement agency and schools
have a written contract. A
model SRO
contract has been developed and can be
modified to meet the needs of individual districts
and agencies. You may obtain a copy of this template
from KCSS. |
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Model
SRO programs across the state that can
provide important advice and information for new or
fledgling program. The Center has developed a set of
standards for SRO programs which can be used to
assess the quality of the programs. |
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SRO training is
offered by the Department of Criminal Justice
and a
schedule of courses is available on an
annual basis. In addition, the
National
Association of School Resource Officers
provides training and sponsors an annual conference.
Next year's "Safe
Schools and Communities Conference" will be June
22-25, 2009 at the Ramada Inn in Lexington,
Kentucky. Registration will begin in March. |
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The Kentucky
Association of School Resource Officers has a
Board of Directors
consisting of fifteen members to direct that
organization. |
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